Game apparatus.



No. 628,769. Patented July II, |899.

A. N. CDSNER & G. L. MATHEWS.

GAME APPARATUS.

(Application led Hay 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

W/T'NESSES g@ /lv VEN Toffs ilsirrnn hlrA'rns AMSEY N. COSNER ANDGILBERT l1. MATHEWS, OF NEWVTON, NEV JERSEY..

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,769, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed May 13, 1898i To @ZZ wil/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that we, AMSEY N. COSNER and GILBERT L. MATHEWS, of Newton,inthe county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a fulhclear, andexact description.

The object of our invention is to provide an amusing game apparatusthrough the medium of which a game of shooting matches may be conducted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tilting chute. adaptedto hold a rolling object, which object may be delivered upon a tray, andto provide a gun for the tray, the charge of which gun is to be fired atthe rolling object while it is traversing the board.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. i

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game appa ratns. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectionv taken through the gun substantially on the'line 2 2 of 1. Fig.3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. eis asection on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of thegun and a section through a portion of the board, illustrating thepreferred manner of connecting the breech to the barrel; and Fig. 6 isadetail sectional elevation on line G 6 of Fig. 1.

A tray or hoard A constitutes the base ot' the appa1atus,which tray orbbard is provid ed with a marginal flange 10. At the junction of whatmay be termed the upper end of the board and one of the sides a lixedchute 11 is secured. This chute extends downward and inwardlongitudinally of the boardor base and is narrower at its lower end thanat its upper end, being provided at its innerside edge with a flange 12,the outer side Vedge en gaging with the iange of the board or base. Atilting chute 13 is placed in close proximity to the fixed chute and ata right angle to it, receiving the object placed upon the fixed chute.This tilting chute extends trans- Vversely of the board or tray for adesired dissesti No. 630,598. cio modem 1 tance, its outer end beingagainst the flange of the board or tray, which forms a protective marginfor the fixed chute.

- The tiltingehute, as shown in Fig. 3, is upwardly inclined at itsforward bottom portion, as shownat 15 in said ligure, and the saidtilting` chute at each of its sides is provided with a marginal fiange145 the flange which isl nearest the fixed chute being sho rter than theopposite or inner flange and terminating at the end of the liange 12 onthe fixed chute.

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tilting chute is held normally in an upwardly i inclined position (shownin Fig. 1) by means of a spring 16, located at its lower inclinedsurface 15, fitting in a recess made in the said surface and havingbearing against the upper face of the tray or board A, the spring beingpivoted ou a staple 17 or its equivalent,which likewise serves as apivotal bearing for the said tilting chute.

The outer end of the tilting chute may be or a fixed spindle 19, locatedin the bottomv of the tray and passing through a slot 2O in said bottom,as shown iu Fig. 4. A cord 21 or its equivalent is attached to theupwardlyextending member of the angle-lever l 8, which cord is carriedin direction of' the rear end of the tray. r

Near the bottom edge of the tray and also near the side at which thechutes are located a gun B is pivotally placed. The casing or barrel ofthe gun is preferably open upon its bottom as well as at each end7except that near the breech portion of the gun at the ,bottom across-bar 22 is rigidly secured to the barrel or Casin g, andpreferablyintegral with the cross-bar a post 23 is constructed,pivotally mounted in the bot-tom of the tray and provided with a head ora cap-plate 24 of greater diameter than the post, the head or cap-platebeing pivoted in the under surface of the bottom of the tray, as isalsoillustrated ICO in Fig. 2. It will thus be observed that the gun maybe turned to point in any direction on the tray or board A.

A plunger 25 is fitted to slide in the barrel, being provided with ashank 26', which extends rearward, the shank being of less thicknessthan the plunger, so as to clear the crossbar 22. At the rear end of theshank of the plunger a breech-piece 27 is constructed,preferablyintegral with the said plunger-shank. This breech-piece is usuallyconcaved upon opposite sides, so as to he readilygrasped by the thumband finger ofa hand, and at its top the breech-piece is provided with alug 26,' adapted to fit into a recess 29 made inthe upper breech portionof the barrel, as shown inFig. l. A spring 30 is passed through thebreechpiece, as indicated at 32, and attached to hooks '33' or theirequivalents on the outside of the barrel, the spring being so arrangedthat when the breech-piece is drawn in direction of the rearend of thetray or board,there by drawing the plunger 25 in the same direction, thesaid spring will be placed under tension.

In the operation of this game apparatus a small ball or marble is placedin the mouth of the gun-barrel, while a larger ball or marble is placedupon the iixed chute v11, from whence it will descend to the tiltingchute 13, being held on said tilting chute by reason of itsnormally-upward inclination. The gun having been loaded, it is pointedto a predetermined point between the tilting chtite and the oppositeside of the tray. The breechpiece is then drawn rearward or toward theoperator, the ball in the gun following the receding movementoftheplunger. The plunger is held in its rear position until' the cord 2lis drawn rearward, causing the horizontal member of the angle-lever torise upward and carry in the same direction the outer end of the tiltingchute, depressing its inner end and causing the ball or marble carriedby the tilting chute to roll upon the tray. At that time thebreech-piece of the plunger is released, and the ball or marble in thegun. is propelled with the intent of causing the impelled ball or marbleto strike the ball or marble delivered from the tilting chtite. At theside of the board or tray opposite that at which the tilting chute islocated and at the forward end of said tray a pocket 3l is formed, intowhich the balls or marbles from the gun or from the tilting chtite willfind a resting-place. Preferably the forward end flange of the board ortray is inclined over the bottom thereof or in direction of the back, soas to force the balls or marbles to the pocket 3l and prevent them fromjumping over the tray-flange.

Having thus described our invention, we

the tilting chute, thus inclining said tilting Y,

chute downwardly in a direction away from the fixed chute, to dischargethe object upon the tray, and a gun located in the tray and varranged toface the path of' the object delivered by the tilting chute.

2. In a game apparatus, a tray, a fixed incline or chute, a tiltingchute ranging crosswise of the fixed chute and pivoted about an axisextending longitudinally of the fixed chute, the tilting chuteprojecting at each side of said axis, one end of the tilting chute beingarranged tobe in Contact when in its lower position, with the lower endof the fixed incline, so as to receive'objects therefrom and stop them,means for raising said end of the tilting chtite out of contact with thelower end of the fixed chute and above the pivot of the tilting chute,thus inclining said tilting f chutevdownwardly in a direction away fromthe xed chute, to discharge the object upon the tray, and a gun locatedin the tray and arranged to face the path of the object delivered bythetilting chute.

3. ln a game apparatus, the combination, with a tray, a chute fixed onsaid tray, having a downward inclination, a pivoted or tilting chutealso located on the tray, being placed in communication with the fixedchute and at an angle thereto, and a spring normally holding the innerend of the tilting chtite upwardly, imparting to the same a downwardinclination in direction of the fixed chute, of a lift-lever inengagement with the normallydepressed end of the tilting chute, meansfor operating the said lift-lever, and a gun consisting of a barrelpivoted on the tray, and a spring-controlled plunger having slidingmovement in said barrel and provided with a breech-piece arranged, whenclosed, for locking engagement with the barrel, the said tray beingprovided with a ^Harige extending over the bottoni at that portion wherethe chutes are located, the tray being also provided with a pocket atthe side facing the said chutes, for the purpose set forth.

AMSEYT. COSNER. GILBERT L. MATHEVVS.

Witnesses:

EVA MAY CosNER, .Tassin G. Ron.

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